BLOOM’S POV“That applies to you, Bloom. No matter how you dress up, you’re still disgusting.” There it was. This was that premonition that something would go wrong today.I could easily have ignored Cecily, but she wasn’t alone. Her company of two other girls snickered at her words like it was the funniest thing they had ever heard. Now, I couldn’t just let it go. Sighing, I stared her up from her feet to the top of her head. “What’s that for?” Cecily asked with a displeased look. She obviously hadn’t gotten the memo yesterday that I wasn’t the same cowardly Bloom. “Cecily, poor, poor Cecily,” I said loud enough for only her to hear, and her face blank. “What’s with that tone? Do you think because—”“No, Cecily.” I put up a hand to silence her, and she spluttered in shock. First, I would take care of her friends, then I would face Cecily. “You’re her new friends, aren’t you?” Their silence was enough. “You’re probably from this Pack, right, and not the other one where Cecily came f

GREYI leaned over to kiss Bloom. She returned it and I pulled back to see the smile on her face. Her curls were wet and stuck to her forehead but it just made her look more pretty. Did I plan on making love to Bloom? No, it just kind of happened and I was glad it did. Sure she would push me away, I almost crossed my fingers and prayed to whoever was listening, but again she blew my mind, just like she had done before now. A few minutes later, after emptying my ball of months of celibacy, I sighed when I looked at her to see her falling asleep so cutely. She must have been tired from the date and our intimacy must have worn her out even more. I felt bad about that.“You are such an animal.” My wolf had come out again. I rolled my eyes, thinking, tell me something I don’t know. “You weren’t satisfied with one time, so you pushed her for the second time. You wore her out.” I sighed. “I’ll apologize when she wakes up,” I whispered. If I could hit myself I really would. Letting out a si

BLOOM“Why are you here?” It was a harmless question, but the tone of annoyance in Grey’s voice made me freeze. “I came to see if you were feeling better. You seemed mad in the morning.” I inched a few steps closer to him. His face had been peaceful when I entered the garden, but when he noticed me, his foul mood came back. Maybe I could make him feel better, I mean who else if not his mate? There was an ache in my heart, but I ignored it and focused on Grey instead. “I’m fine.” Grey waved his hand dismissively and turned away from me. “It’s fine, nothing you need to bother yourself with.” Nodding, I hesitantly sat beside him and raised a hand to his face, but he flinched. What was that? Hurt, I retreated my hand to my side. Why did he react like a cat that had gone through trauma? When I touched his lap, he tensed beneath my touch. That should have been enough to push me away, but I didn’t want to give up. “What’s wrong Grey?” I wished he would look into my eyes. Silence follo

BLOOMRay stationed me at the punching bag for three days. When I asked him the reason on the second day, he said it was because he knew I still had pent-up anger that I needed to let out. “Blow off some steam,” was what he said, but doing the same thing repeatedly for three days in a row was enough to drive me crazy. I wanted something else. Something… fun. Where was he even? Looking around the gym, I didn’t see Ray. I collapsed to the floor with a groan. “Luna Bloom?” I looked up to see Ray coming in with a silly grin and shining eyes. Was my pain amusing to him? “How’s that workout coming along? Did you stretch before you began?” “Hmm. You call that workout?” I painstakingly pushed myself off the ground. My hands were sore and so was my heart. “All I’ve been doing is punishing that sandbag.” Ray’s eyes sparkled with laughter. “Looks like someone’s still mad, so why don’t you channel that anger at the sandbag?” "What? And punish the poor sandbag for Grey’s sin?” “You had no pr

BLOOMWith Grey at my front and Ray at my back, I took down rogue after rogue. My approach? As soon as they got close enough, I slit their necks with the knives in my hand. All the training with Ray wasn’t all for nothing. Those three days of hitting the punching bag, my aim had gotten better, and I was faster. The rest of the Pack were still fighting for their lives and I couldn’t let it continue that way. I needed to do something. “Bloom!”Even as I heard Grey and Ray’s voice screaming out my name, I didn’t stop running. Up the stairs, past the flames, I ran, until I got to my room. Pulling open my drawer, I dumped all the contents out on the floor and started searching with the purpose of finding one thing in particular. Then I saw it. Wolfsbane. I hadn’t told anybody about it, but after being nearly attacked that night, I found a way to start growing it in a hidden area of the garden. Now, it was going to be put to good use. I was going to light it up.I rushed out of the room